Forum Dems in denial about 2012

[J. J.]

I'm the guy who keeps saying "Don't write Obama off just yet."  Right now, on Gallup, his numbers are lower than Clinton and  G. W Bush at the same point.  They are higher than Reagan's.  In the Clinton and Reagan cases, they are close.

One very troubling thing is that all three two termers were off their lows at this point, by at least 7 points, and that two of them were trending higher.  Obama is not doing either.  It sure looks like Obama's numbers might be sliding in the future, based on history.

[J. J.]

Obama will face a terrible Republican challenger. It will be simmilar to Bush's re-election. Things weren't going great for Bush in '04, but the Democrats picked a terrible candidate that let Bush actually improve on his pop vote

Republicans have no good candidate, and presidential elections are very personal

I think this is a good example of denial.

I'm old enough to remember the "too old" "right wing nut" who "would start World War III" that the GOP nominated in 1980.

I would also point out the inexperienced (by the standards of the day), "too young," "womanizing," "damaged goods" that the Democrats nominated in 1992.